Question

“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever I   36 disappointment. “If you can carry on, one day something   37 will happen. And you’ll realize that it wouldn’t have happened if not for that   38 disappointment.”

Mother was right,   39 I discovered after graduating from college in 1932. I had decided to   40 a job in radio, then work my way up to sports   41 . I hitchhiked（搭便車） to Chicago and   42 on the door of every station—and got turned   43 every time.

In one studio, a kind lady told me that big stations couldn’t risk hiring an   44 person –“Go out in the sticks（偏遠地區(qū)） and find a small station that will give you a   45 ,” she said.

I thumbed home to Dixon, Illinois.   46 there was no radio—announcing job in Dixon, my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted a local athlete to   47 its sports department. Since Dixon was where I had played high school football. I   48 . The job   49 just right for me. But I wasn’t hired.

My disappointment must have   50 . “Everything happens for the best,” Mom   51 me. Dad offered me the car to job hunt. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, a wonderful Scotsman named Peter MacArthur, told me they had already hired an announcer.

As I left his office, my frustration   52 . I asked aloud, “How can a fellow get to be a sport announcer if he can’t get a job in a radio station?”

I was waiting for the elevator   53 I heard MacAethur calling, “What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?” Then he asked me to stand before a microphone and to broadcast a (an)   54 game.

On my way home, once again I thought of my mother’s words. I often wonder what   55 my life might have taken if I’d gotten the job at Montgomery Ward.

1.	A．faced B．received C．considered D．met

 

2.	A．useful B．helpful C．a(chǎn)vailable D．good

 

3.	A．old B．previous C．original D．early

 

4.	A．when B．a(chǎn)s C．that D．while

 

5.	A．try out B．try on C．try for D．try over

 

6.	A．player B．a(chǎn)nnouncer C．manager D．fan

 

7.	A．knocked B．a(chǎn)rrived C．a(chǎn)pproached D．hunted

 

8.	A．out B．off C．on D．down

 

9.	A．unpracticed B．inpracticed C．inexperienced D．unexperienced

 

10.	A．job B．suggestion C．chance D．a(chǎn)dvantage

 

11.	A．When B．While C．Which D．So

 

12.	A．work B．receive C．a(chǎn)rrange D．design

 

13.	A．a(chǎn)ccepted B．a(chǎn)greed C．a(chǎn)pplied D．promised

 

14.	A．sounded B．became C．got D．grew

 

15.	A．come B．shown C．disappeared D．brightened

 

16.	A．recovered B．encouraged C．hugged D．reminded

 

17.	A．boiled over B．turned over C．hit over D．took over

 

18.	A．a(chǎn)fter B．a(chǎn)s C．before D．when

 

19.	A．forceful B．close C．imaginary D．ordinary

 

20.	A．side B．a(chǎn)ction C．a(chǎn)pproach D．direction

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.B

5.C  

6.B

7.A

8.D

9.C

10.C

11.B

12.A

13.D

14.A

15.B

16.D

17.A

18.D

19.C

20.D

【解析】本文主要圍繞著母親的教導“Everything happens for the best.”而展開故事，告訴我們不要畏懼困難和挫折！要堅持下去！一切都會為了更美好的未來而發(fā)生的。

1.A考查動詞。face disappointment 意為“面對失望”。D選項met后要加with，meet with sth 意為“遇到某事”、“經(jīng)歷某事”。

2.D考查形容詞�！耙磺卸紩�好的。如果你堅持下去,總有一天會有好事發(fā)生�！�

3.B考查形容詞。該句句意是“你會認識到,如果沒有以前的挫折就不會有現(xiàn)在的一切。”，因此，這里是指“以前的挫折（失望）”。

4.B考查連詞�！　澳赣H是對的,發(fā)現(xiàn)這個是在1932年,我剛從大學畢業(yè)�！盿s引導定語從句，代表前面的整個句子。

5.C考查動詞短語�！拔乙褯Q定試著在電臺找個事兒做,然后爭取做體育節(jié)目的播音員�！眛ry fortry for爭取，謀求，申請。

6.B考查名詞。從下文的信息“How can a fellow get to be a sport announcer if he can't get a job in a radio station?"可確定答案。

7.A 考查動詞。“我搭便車到了芝加哥,挨個電臺地敲門推銷自己”。knock on敲門。

8.D 考查介詞�！暗�每次都被拒絕了”。turn down拒絕。

9.C考查形容詞�！耙晃缓眯牡呐�士告訴我,大的廣播電臺是不會冒險雇用沒經(jīng)驗的inexperienced新手的。"”

10.C 考查名詞。give sb a chance意為“給某人一個機會”。那位女士只能說“給一個工作機會“，而不是能肯定“給一個工作”。

11.B考查連詞。根據(jù)語法知識分析，while 在此引導讓步狀語，意為“雖然，盡管”。

12.D考查動詞。從上下文的邏輯看，該句句意為“…父親說,蒙哥馬利·沃德開了一家新商店,想雇請一個本地的運動員管理manage店里的體育部。我中學時曾在迪克森打過橄欖球,出于這個原因我去申請了這份工作。”

13.C考查動詞。我去申請了這份工作。

14.A考查動詞。工作聽起來挺適合我的.

15.B考查動詞。從后面的內(nèi)容可以推出，當時“我的沮喪心情一定表現(xiàn)出來了�！彼�以此時，“母親（又）提醒我說�！耙磺锌倳�好的,"爸爸（還）給我買了一輛汽車找工作用�！�。

16.D考查動詞。見50解析。

17.A考查動詞短語。boil over原意為“因沸溢出，發(fā)怒”，這里用于形容作者失望到了極點。其他幾個短語意思分別為：turn over“打翻，移交給，翻身，翻閱”；hit over“撞到”；take over“接收；接管”。

18.D考查連詞。when就在那時。

19.C考查形容詞。結(jié)合文章所提供的語境可以知道此時沒有比賽，因此是想像中的比賽。

20.D考查名詞。該句句意為“我經(jīng)常想，如果（當年）我得到Montgomery Ward的那份工作，我的生活方向（人生之路）又會怎樣走呢？